ti4200 or ATi what? Good card under $100

Noodles · Dec 17, 2003

I've really fallen by the wayside in the graphics department. But needless to say, I need a new card. I've heard the FX series blow, so I'll stay away from them. But the ti4200 seems to have glowing reviews from a lot of people. No DX9? Meh, look at my sig. I think thats DX7 I'm on now...

But ATi has some good stuff out now...do they have a card that is as FAST as the ti4200 for under $100? Its more important to me that the card be zippy enough to play newer games acceptably than it be pretty.

snyper1982 · Dec 17, 2003

the 4200 is best bet with the 8500 being a close second.

Yuriman · Dec 17, 2003

You can pick up a 9600pro for a bit over $125 if you look around. If its a hard limit of $100, i'd go with the radeon 8500. It has virtualy free AF. I tried going back to gaming without it, and it seemed dull.

wanna_b_rich_13 · Dec 17, 2003

What about looking at the 9600 SEs?

David · Dec 17, 2003

I'll vouch for the Ti4200. I have a 64MB Ti4200 card here, got it for £110 last year and it will take any game I throw at it with good detail settings etc.

attack · Dec 17, 2003

check newegg refurbs monday evening's, you can get ti4200 128mb for around 70-80 bucks. That's your best bet. 9600pro's goto around 110, and 8500's/9100's are around 50. I'd say the ti4200 128mb is the card to get if 100 is your hard limit. If your willing to look around and watch newegg you can get a 9600pr for 110 which is the best bet IMO.

Noodles · Dec 17, 2003

Cool. I'm not planning on purchasing right away, sometime after the holidays are come and gone. But I'll keep an eye out on newegg refurbs.

Yuriman · Dec 17, 2003

The 9600np is slower than a ti4200 without turning on AA and AF, and the se is slower everywhere.

Strida · Dec 17, 2003

For that price range I'd say either the 4200 or 8500LE.

Reasons stated in above posts... =D

glock19owner · Dec 17, 2003

If given a choice between the 4200 and 8500...the 4200 will blow the 8500 away...plus the 8500 has been discontinued by ATI...but as someone pointed out...you can get a 9600 SE from gameve.com for 97.00 with free shipping...the cheapest a 9600 Pro (from a trusted retailer) is 136.00 with free shipping from gameve.com

You can get a Leadtek Ti4200 128MB 8X AGP w/VIVO from gameve.com for 93.00 w/free shipping.

I am not pressing gameve.com, but they are the best priced (once again from a trusted site) cards from pricewatch.com

Yuriman · Dec 17, 2003

You can also get a 9600np for $104. The se is slow as *** though.

dustybyrd · Dec 17, 2003

do you want dx9 (aa and af extras) or not?

if yes then you should try to get a 9600pro for $100-110 from newegg refurbs...

if no then definitely get the ti4200-ti4600...they are 15-25% faster than the 8500's and ~10% faster than the 9600pro's on games without the aa and af turned on...$75-85 on newegg refurbs...

Overclocker550 · Dec 18, 2003

"you can get a 9600 SE from gameve.com for 97.00 with free shipping"

why? isnt a 9600np nearly twice the speed of a 9600se for a couple bucks more? well twice the ram bandwith that is? anyway why not check ti4200s on ebay

glock19owner · Dec 18, 2003

Overclocker550 said:
"you can get a 9600 SE from gameve.com for 97.00 with free shipping"

why? isnt a 9600np nearly twice the speed of a 9600se for a couple bucks more? well twice the ram bandwith that is? anyway why not check ti4200s on ebay

because he stated around 100.00 and the cheapest 9600 Pro from a tursted site...once again gameve.com

...the cheapest is 136.00 and that is more then just a few bucks more

Xstatic · Dec 18, 2003

Pricewatch has a 9600pro 256mb for 104. Best price and card for that price range hands down.

ttfrog · Dec 18, 2003

You better check the reseller rating on the place selling the 9600 pro for 102 bucks... I would say for the price range a ti4200 would be the best bet. One of the best cards Nvidia ever made.

Falcon-K · Dec 18, 2003

i would recommend the ti4200 as well, it wont do aa/af very well but it will play most games with most of the eye candy and at a fairly decent resolution.

Evnas · Dec 18, 2003

glock19owner said:
plus the 8500 has been discontinued by ATI

And last I checked, the Ti4200 was discontinued a long time ago too

Tw00sh · Dec 18, 2003

Why would anyone recommend a TI4200 that cannot do DX9?

Its obvious he does not upgrade his video card that often, why go with an outdated DX8 card?

IMHO, save till you can get a card that can do DX9 or you will miss out on a lot of nice features in the next year plus. Even some of the less taxing system games, like RTS will use DX9 soon.

I would forget the TI series all together and get a 9600Np or Pro. Maybe it will be slower on some games? Maybe not? But, at least you can see some of the DX9 features.

Overclocker550 · Dec 18, 2003

id rather have dx8 only at a much higher res than dx9 at low res such as 800x600. going to a 9600 pro gets you dx9 but you still need to compromize in the amount of details you run at. well he could get a 9600, itll still own a geforce2mx 400 anyway and as long as you keep your cpu to speed, you shouldnt have problems running games since they are cpu intensive, just not 1600x1200

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